Cardiff vs Watford
Championship · 2026 · Regular Season - 10
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Championship · 2026 · Regular Season - 10
Cardiff City Stadium, CaerdyddCapacity 33,280
Timeline
- Kick-off
- 9'Yellow card. Martín PayeroYellow Card · Not RetreatingTeam: Watford
- 11'1-0Penalty. Jack MoylanPenaltyTeam: Cardiff
- 29'Substitution. D. Lawlor replaced by William FishSubstitution 1Team: Cardiff
- 35'2-0Goal. Jack Moylan (Cian Ashford)Normal GoalTeam: Cardiff
- 41'3-0Own goal. M. PollockOwn GoalTeam: Cardiff
- 45+5'4-0Goal. O. Tanner (P. Ng)Normal GoalTeam: Cardiff
- 4-0Half time
- Second half
- 56'Substitution. Myron Boadu replaced by M. DoumbiaSubstitution 1Team: Watford
- 56'Substitution. Jordan Zemura replaced by M. BolaSubstitution 2Team: Watford
- 56'Substitution. Stephy Mavididi replaced by Amin NabizadaSubstitution 3Team: Watford
- 65'Missed penalty. C. WillockMissed PenaltyTeam: Cardiff
- 67'Substitution. Martín Payero replaced by Iker BravoSubstitution 4Team: Watford
- 69'Substitution. Jack Moylan replaced by D. TurnbullSubstitution 2Team: Cardiff
- 69'Substitution. C. Willock replaced by C. ScanlonSubstitution 3Team: Cardiff
- 69'Substitution. Othmane Maamma replaced by Krépin DiattaSubstitution 5Team: Watford
- 73'Yellow card. Edo KayembeYellow Card · FoulTeam: Watford
- 82'Substitution. O. Tanner replaced by Callum RobinsonSubstitution 4Team: Cardiff
- 82'Substitution. Joel Bagan replaced by I. DaviesSubstitution 5Team: Cardiff
- 85'5-0Goal. Callum Robinson (D. Turnbull)Normal GoalTeam: Cardiff
- 86'Yellow card. Amin NabizadaYellow Card · ArgumentTeam: Watford
- 86'Yellow card. P. NgYellow Card · ArgumentTeam: Cardiff
- 87'5-1Goal. Hector Kyprianou (Iker Bravo)Normal GoalTeam: Watford
- 90+5'Yellow card. Hector KyprianouYellow Card · FoulTeam: Watford
- 5-1Full time
Line-ups
Cardiff
Formation 4-1-4-1
Watford
Formation 4-2-3-1
Cardiff
4-1-4-1
Substitutes
- 2William Fish
- 14D. Turnbull
- 23C. Scanlon
- 30Harry Tyrer
- 39I. Davies
- 43P. Moreno
- 44Ronan Kpakio
- 47Callum Robinson
Coach: Brian Barry-Murphy
Watford
4-2-3-1
Substitutes
- 3Soumaila Coulibaly
- 9Luca Kjerrumgaard
- 15Krépin Diatta
- 16M. Bola
- 17Iker Bravo
- 20M. Doumbia
- 21Amin Nabizada
- 26Daniel Bachmann
- 29Branimir Mlačić
Coach: Alessio Dionisi
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Match statistics
- 58%
- Possession
- 42%
- 22
- Shots
- 14
- 10
- Shots on target
- 4
- 7
- Shots off target
- 7
- 5
- Shots blocked
- 3
- 14
- Shots inside the box
- 10
- 8
- Shots outside the box
- 4
- 3
- Saves
- 6
- 6
- Corners
- 1
- 4
- Offsides
- 4
- 11
- Fouls
- 11
- 1
- Yellow cards
- 3
- 481
- Passes
- 343
- 419
- Accurate passes
- 270
CardiffWatford
Championship
| Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | +15 | 28 |
| 2 | 13 | +13 | 28 |
| 3 | 14 | +13 | 26 |
| 4 | 14 | +5 | 26 |
| 5 | 14 | +5 | 26 |
| 6 | 14 | +5 | 25 |
| 7 | 13 | +7 | 24 |
| 8 | 13 | +15 | 22 |
| 9 | 14 | +3 | 22 |
| 10 | 14 | +3 | 22 |
| 11 | 14 | +5 | 21 |
| 12 | 14 | +3 | 18 |
| 13 | 14 | -1 | 18 |
| 14 | 14 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | 13 | -2 | 18 |
| 16 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 17 | 14 | -10 | 15 |
| 18 | 13 | -1 | 14 |
| 19 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 20 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
| 21 | 14 | -11 | 14 |
| 22 | 14 | -8 | 10 |
| 23 | 14 | -18 | 7 |
| 24 | 14 | -18 | 5 |
Head to head
Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.
- Cardiff
- 4
- Drawn
- 2
- Watford
- 4
The record over the 10 meetings listed below.
- Cardiff

WatfordFTChampionship - Watford

CardiffFTChampionship - Watford

CardiffFTChampionship - Cardiff

WatfordFTChampionship - Watford

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WatfordFTChampionship - Cardiff

WatfordFTChampionship - Watford

CardiffFTChampionship - Cardiff

WatfordFTPremier League - Watford

CardiffFTPremier League
Cardiff beat Watford 5-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 13 October. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.
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